Control work 1

Variant 2

1. Прочитайте и переведите текст на русский язык.

Foreign languages

Foreign languages are absolutely necessary for people nowadays, because of our growing international contacts with foreign countries.

There are many reasons, why we begin to study foreign languages. One studies a foreign language to be able to communicate with other people who speak this language, other study it for future career. If we are planning to travel to countries where the language we can speak is spoken, we can communicate with people there and understand what they are saying to us. If we are working in any branch of science, we naturally wish to read scientific books and magazines in other languages to raise our professional level. Making business nowadays also means the ability of speaking foreign languages. The ability of speaking one or two or even more foreign languages helps people from different countries to develop mutual friendship and understanding. We can also make our intellectual and cultural horizons wider through contacts with people of another culture. It is also very interesting to read foreign literature in its original form. We can also read foreign newspapers and magazines and understand films in foreign languages without any help and translation.

As for me I learn English, because English is a very popular language all over the world. It is used in many parts of the world and there is a lot of business correspondence and literature in English.

Also I am going to learn Spanish, because it is also a widely spread language. I think, it is very important to speak at least one foreign language either English or German or French and Spanish or any other one.

There is a saying: the more languages you speak, the more times you are a human being.

2. Заполните пропуски соответствующей формой глагола to be.

1. Ben … my friend. Where … he now? 2. I … in my room now. 3. … Tom and Sally your kids? Yes, they … . 4. My cousin … not at home the day before yesterday. 5. Our friends … in Moscow last week. 6. Who … present at tomorrow’s conference? 7. My father … fond of sports when he was younger. 8. … you interested in music? Yes, I …. 9. Mary and I … in the cinema long ago. 10. … it cold or hot last summer in your region?

3. Вставьте в пропуски необходимые артикли: определенный, неопределенный или нулевой.

1. Is Paris in ... United Kingdom? 2. He has got... camera. 3. We go to ...beach in summer. 4. Christopher Columbus crossed… Atlantic Ocean. 5. He plays ...tennis. 6. My father isn't at... home. 7. Paula comes from ... Canada. 8. It's ... glove Michael Jackson wore in the "Bad" video. 9. This is ... old pair of trousers. 10. He lives in ...Colorado.

4. Задайте по 3 вопроса к каждому предложению.

1. Angela went to London last year. 2. The students will be taught English next year. 3. Mike rarely does his morning exercises. 4. Nora has been to England recently. 5. She is having a rest now. 6. Helena had baked a cake before she saw her guests in.

5. Употребите прилагательные, данные в скобках, в нужной степени сравнения.

1. This sentence is (difficult) than the first one. 2. The cat is much (happy) in its new home. 3. This piece of homework is as (bad) as the previous one. 4. Winter in London is (foggy) than in Paris. 5. This was (large) power station I have ever seen. 6. He bought the toys at (near) shop. 7. Her illness was (serious) than we thought before. 8. It’s becoming (hard) and (hard) to find a job. 9. As the day went, the weather got (bad). 10. Everest is (high) mountain in the world.

6. Переведите следующие предложения на русский язык, обращая внимание на конструкции типа the more …the less.

1. The warmer the weather, the better I feel. 2. The more I got to know him, the more I liked him. 3. The more goods you will sell, the more your profit will be. 4. The longer she waited, the more impatient she became. 5. The higher the prices, the better the goods. 6. The more tired you are, the harder it is to concentrate. 7. The sooner we leave, the sooner we will arrive. 8. The more expensive the hotel, the better the service.